WW2 novels Options

[Shifty]

A little topic to share your favourite WW2 authors.

I've recently started reading David L Robbins novels and am really enjoying them.

War of the Rats was the book that Enemy at the Gates was based on - very good read.
Just started Last Citadel which is about the battle of Kursk.

Highly recommend checking his books out.

Stephen Ambrose's Band of Brothers is another must-read too. Got the DVD set of the TV series and loved it but the book is 10x better. Non-fiction but it's written so well it almost reads like fiction.

Feel free to share your faves - I'm always on the lookout for a good WW2 read

[|$aucy|]

I loved Band of Brothers. The mini-series was great too. I've seen Enemy at the Gates and thoroughly enjoyed it. I'll have to check out that book.

[Hellfighter]

I...I've seen Enemy at the Gates and thoroughly enjoyed it. I'll have to check out that book.

Only half a dozen pages in the original book relate to what the movie focuses on.

A very good one - probably only can be e-bayed now is 'Hit Hard' - a true account told by a white company commander of one of the companys of the 761st 'Negro' Tank Battalion... from Camp to their roles in the spearheads of Patton's counter attack in the Battle of the Bulge and busting through the Siegfried line.

'The Invisible Soldier' is another absolutely fascinating read - every page has at least one 'OMG' passage.

One of my favourite fictional series is by Sven Hassel, relating to the entertaining crooked exploits of a German Penal squad led by Porta. Included in the squad is a raving commisar-type nazi and an african soldier!

Pegasus Bridge and A Bridge Too Far also are great, as are most books based on the 1942 commando 'Raid on St.Nazaire'.




This post has been edited by Hellfighter: 03/15/07 8:53am